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Jacobson, Anna W. – 1998
Six traditional Yup'ik stories are presented in Yup'ik along with English word-for-word translations. Five of the selections are traditional Yup'ik myths or legends called "qulirat"--stories that have been transmitted from generation to generation and often have supernatural elements. The sixth is a personal account of life in a…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Audiotape Recordings, Folk Culture, Mythology
Goss, Linda; Goss, Clay – 1995
This book features more than 70 stories about the wide range of the Black experience, including traditional tales from Africa and the West Indies. Collected in the book are family stories and moral fables, ghost stories and tales rich in humor, as well as raps and rhymes, memoirs and songs, recipes and riddles, and stories and poems about freedom,…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature
Krauss, Michael E., Ed. – 1982
Ten stories, in poem and narrative form, told by Anna Nelson Harry, are presented here. The stories represent a portion of the oral tradition of the Eyak, an Alaskan native nation of which few native speakers remain. An introductory section chronicles the history and decline of the Eyak, the research undertaken to preserve their culture, and the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Athapascan Languages, Folk Culture, Oral History
Jones, Eliza, Ed.; And Others – 1989
This collection of eighteen traditional stories are told in Koyukon Athabaskan, an American Indian language variety spoken in Alaska, on the left page and in English translation on the right page. Introductory sections provide background information on the oral tradition from which the stories come, the translations, the storyteller and her…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, Athapascan Languages, English
Charlie, Teddy; Kari, James, Ed. – 1992
Six stories told by Teddy Charlie, an Alaska native, in the Lower Tanana Athabaskan language of Minto, Alaska are presented here and illustrated with maps and photographs. A foreword offers background information on the storyteller and the recording of the stories. The six stories include: "When Minto Village First Began"; "How We…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Athapascan Languages, Daily Living Skills, Folk Culture
Kalifornsky, Peter; Kari, James, Ed.; Boraas, Alan, Ed. – 1991
This collection of writings was compiled over a 19-year period (1972-91) by the last writer and one of the last storytellers of the Kenai dialect of Dena'ina (Tanaina) language of Cook Inlet, Alaska. Peter Kalifornsky is a literary artist and scholar born in 1911. The 147 writings are organized in eight chapters, with a prelude containing two…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alphabets, Animals, Athapascan Languages
